Radiant Howl

This article is about the mystic arte used by Luke fon Fabre. For the mirrage arte pronounced the same way, see Radiant Howl (Gintoki).

Radiant Howl (レイディアント・ハウル, Reidianto Hauru^?) is Luke fon Fabre's mystic arte in Tales of the Abyss.

Arte Description and History[]

Radiant Howl (ToVS) — Radiant Howl as it appears in *Tales of VS.*

During the mystic arte, any opponents immediately surrounding Luke are damaged repeatedly by streams of light that spiral around him. He then creates a ball of energy in his outstretched hands, damaging the foe directly in front of him several times before finally knocking them away. Exclusive to the North American version during second or later playthrough while Ion is in the party, an extension is available that involves Ion casting a Daathic fonic arte, hitting nearby enemies for additional heavy damage.

Luke has two cut-in images for this mystic arte: one for long hair and one for short hair. During a first playthrough, the attack is first available after leaving Yulia City for the first time, and the image with short hair is used for that entire playthrough. If artes are carried over to a new playthrough, Radiant Howl is also made available before the events at Yulia City, and the cut-in image changes to match his existing hairstyle during this time. After departing from Yulia City, the displayed cut-in returns to the short hair version, which remains for the duration of the current playthrough. In the Japanese version, the long hair image is not available, and Radiant Howl is fully disabled until the party leaves Yulia City, even if artes are brought into a new playthrough.

In Tales of the Abyss, during the two battles against Asch, any attempt to use this mystic arte while Asch is on the ground will result in him countering it with his own mystic arte, Rending Saber. This counter can be avoided if Asch is airborne or stunned during Luke's attempt to use Radiant Howl.

In Tales of Graces ƒ, a sword bears this name, written without an interpunct, and acts as both a reference to this arte and the Radiant Mythology series. In Tales of Xillia 2, a katana bears the name "Radiant Howl" in the Japanese release but without the katakana character for "i" (イ^?) and lacking the interpunct; this spelling now matches how Radiant Mythology spells Radiant and makes the connection to the game clearer. Its localized name is "Abyssal Radiance". Additionally, in both Tales of Graces and Tales of Xillia 2 there are two weapons alluding to Tales of the Abyss as a reference to replicas in that setting. In Tales of the Rays, the sword reappears as a ★0 weapon that grants Asbel Lhant the Getsugazettotsu arte as well as a weapon skin.

Appearances[]

Radiant Howl (ToCrestoria) — Radiant Howl as it appears in *Tales of Crestoria*.

Original Titles

Tales of the Abyss - Luke fon Fabre (Radiant Howl)
Tales of Graces ƒ - Sword weapon (Radiant Howl)
Tales of Xillia 2 - Katana weapon (Abyssal Radiance)

In-Game Descriptions and Battle Quotes[]

Tales of the Abyss[]

Japanese Quote: やってやるぜ！うおおぉぉぉぉ！これでも・・・食らえぇ！
Romanized Quote: Yatte yaruze! Uoooooo! Koredemo...Kuraee!
Translated Quote: "I'll succeed! Whoaaaaa! Eat...This!"
Localized Quote: "You're mine! Uaaah! Now... die!"

Secret Event:
Japanese Quote: うおおぉぉぉぉ！これで・・・終わりだ！
Romanized Quote: Uoooooo! Korede... owari da!
Translated Quote: "Whoaaaaa! This is... the end!"
Localized Quote: "Uaaah! Now... you... die!"

Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology[]

Japanese Quote: 力がああぁぁぁッ！うぉぉぉぉぉぉ！
Localized Quote: "Power! Uaaaaaaah!"

Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2[]

Japanese Quote: うぉぉぉぉぉぉ！これでも…くらえァ！

Tales of VS[]

Long hair:
Japanese Quote: 見せてやるよ！はああああ！喰らいやがれーっ！

Alternate Japanese Quote: うぉぉぉぉぉぉ! 喰らいやがれぇ！

Short hair:
Japanese Quote: 見せてやる！はあああ！当たれーっ！

Alternate Japanese Quote: はあああ！レイディアント・ハウルっ！

Tales of Link[]

Localized Description: "Emit powerful shockwaves from both hands."

Tales of Crestoria[]

Japanese Quote: やってやるぜ！うおおぉぉぉぉ！これでも・・・食らえぇ！
Romanized Quote: Yatte yaruze! Uoooooo! Koredemo...Kuraee!
Translated Quote: "I'll succeed! Whoaaaaa! Eat...This!"
In-Game Localized Quote: "You're mine! Uaaah! Now... die!"
Trailer Localized Quote: "Let's do this! ...Try this on for size!!!"

Tales of Festival 2013[]

Japanese Quote: 食らえ！レイディアント・ハウル！

Tales of Festival 2017[]

Japanese Quote: やってやるぜ！レイディアント・ハウル！